South Zone TT: Sharath, Shamini emerge champions
September 9th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 9 (IANS) Sharath Kamal and Shamini Kumaresan emerged the men's and women's singles champions at the Indian Oil Servo National Ranking South Zone Table Tennis Championships which concluded ... Read more...
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Olympics: France’s Bresset scrambles to mountain bike gold
August 11th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) France's Julie Bresset scrambled to Olympic gold in the women's mountain bike race Saturday.The reigning world junior and European champion, 23, won by over a ... Read more...
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Hope I can give a better gift to the country next time, says Joydeep Karmakar
August 3rd, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Very few wrote about shooter Joydeep Karmakar's medal chances in the run up to his event at the Olympic Games here Friday. So it came as ... Read more...
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Sharath avenges National championship loss to Amalraj
February 7th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) India's top paddler Sharath Kamal avenged his loss to Anthony Amalraj at the National Table Tennis Championships last month by beating him in the final ... Read more...
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Padmini shocks Tania to take lead in women’s national chess
November 3rd, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout of Orissa moved into sole lead with an upset win over top seed and International Master Tania Sachdev (Air India) in the ... Read more...
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Bhopal’s superbike craze in top gear (Feature)
September 21st, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 21 (IANS) This 'city of lakes' has a curious love affair with bikes, which unite the young and old. And while motorcycle-enthusiasts regret the bike accident which killed ... Read more...
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Coach backs out, TT players Olympics preparations suffer
July 14th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The preparations of the Indian table tennis team for major international events, including the Olympic qualifiers, has hit a roadblock after Sweden's Anders Johansson turned ... Read more...
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Sanil Shetty, Poulomi Ghatak triumph North Zone TT
July 12th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) Sanil Shetty and Poulomi Ghatak won the men and women's singles titles at the North Zone All India National Ranking Table Tennis tournament here Tuesday.Air India's ... Read more...
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CWG: Historic day for Indian athletics, women sweep discus throw (Night Lead)
October 11th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Indian women discus throwers Monday created history by sweeping all the three medals - gold, silver and bronze - at the Commonwealth Games and set several records ... Read more...
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CWG: India adds four Bronze medals; as pugilists disappoint
October 11th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.11 (ANI): India could add just four Bronze medals here till Monday evening, as shooters duo Tejaswani and Meena Kumari and three pugilists contributed apiece to the total medal tally ... Read more...
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CWG: Mixed day for India, first dope case hits Games (Evening Lead)
October 11th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India missed out on the gold in boxing and shooting but Saina Nehwal led a host of shuttlers into
the quarterfinals of the badminton event at the ... Read more...
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First round bye for Vijender and Suranjoy in CWG boxing
October 5th, 2010 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) World No.1 Vijender Singh and Asian champion Suranjoy Singh got a first round bye Monday in the draw of lots in the boxing event at the Commonwealth ... Read more...
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India’s TT couple feel it will be tough at CWG
October 4th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India's table tennis couple Soumyadeep Roy and Poulomi Ghatak feel the competition at the Delhi Commonwealth Games is tougher than the last edition in Melbourne ... Read more...
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Athletes fail to turn up; wrestlers B result on Monday
September 4th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Six wrestlers, including Arjuna Award winner Rajeev Tomar, Saturday appeared before the doping commission of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for tests of their B samples while ... Read more...
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Tim Tebow To Play For Denver Broncos After First Round Pick
April 23rd, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Denver, Apr 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Denver Broncos created quite a buzz on Thursday night when they decided to pick Florida Gators player Tim Tebow with the 25th overall pick ... Read more...
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Jessica Dube And Bryce Davison In Sixth Position
February 15th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Vancouver, Feb 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Canadian pair skater, Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison, who were selected to represent Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, had exhibited ... Read more...
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Kolkata Open chess meet in deep financial blues
September 1st, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) Though it has one of the strongest fields ever seen in a chess tournament in Asia, the organisers of the fourth Kolkata Open Grandmasters tournament here are faced ... Read more...
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Red Rooster gets ready to sizzle Indian motors sports arena
June 7th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 7 (IANS) Indian motor sport Saturday witnessed the birth of a brand-new motor sport team called Red Rooster Racing, containing a bouquet of rally and racing (cars and bikes) drivers. ... Read more...
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